(Side 1)
The Alachua County Training School was built at this location as the first school for blacks in the City of Alachua in 1922. In 1920, a delegation of courageous black men from Alachua led by Jack Postell, who could neither read nor . . . — — Map (db m151120) HM
"This monument is a tribute from the City of Alachua dedicated to the past, present and future veterans of all Armed Services who have served and will serve in times of war and peace to ensure the freedom of the United States of America. The City . . . — — Map (db m220738) WM
Bland Community and Ogden School
Settled in the 1840s by cotton planters from Georgia and South Carolina, Bland became a diverse agrarian area where farmers and sharecroppers raised cattle and grew cotton and a variety of fruits and . . . — — Map (db m64715) HM
Upon completion to Gainesville of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway in May 1884, citizens from the former county seat at Newnansville were among those who moved to the present site of Alachua which was near the railroad. The city is located . . . — — Map (db m65458) HM
At the end of 1824, Alachua County was organized as a political unit of the new Territory of Florida. The
Seminole inhabitants of the Alachua region had recently been ordered to a reservation, and land was
available there for white settlers. . . . — — Map (db m65513) HM
A Spanish Mission was established near here within sight of the Santa Fe River about A.D. 1606 by Franciscan missionaries. The river took its name from the mission, as did the modern town of Santa Fe. At one time, Santa Fe de Toloca was said to be . . . — — Map (db m64880) HM
In the mid-1800s, Furman Williams moved to Florida with his parents. At age 24, Williams and his brothers came to Newnansville, where they purchased land and acquired interests in local general stores. When the railroad was slated to come to the . . . — — Map (db m207580) HM
When Europeans first arrived in this area in the 16th century, the inhabitants were Timucuan Indians. In 1774, traveling botanist William Bartram visited Seminole Indians nearby. In the 1850's a town called Deer Hammock was established here, . . . — — Map (db m69979) HM
The Alachua County Board of Public Instruction contracted with the firm of Winston and Perry to build a 3-story brick building for the Archer School, west of an old wood frame building, in 1917. The building housed grades 1-10 until 1925 when the . . . — — Map (db m120479) HM
In Memory of the Men and Women
From the Archer Community who
have given their lives in the
service of our country.
Dedicated to all Veterans who
served in the United States Armed
Forces with Devotion, Loyalty,
Honor and their . . . — — Map (db m70119) WM
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church was first organized in 1866 at Wacahoota, a farming community southeast of Archer. The early members were pioneer families from South Carolina. Their first pastor, the Rev. William McCormick, founded other pioneer . . . — — Map (db m150976) HM
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David Levy Yulee was born at St. Thomas, West Indies, in 1810. He attended school in Virginia from 1819 until 1827 when he went to Micanopy to work on one of the plantations of his father, Moses Elias Levy. He studied law and was . . . — — Map (db m97513) HM
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African American families living in rural unincorporated Archer used the burial ground that would later become St. Peter Cemetery since before the end of the U.S. period of legalized slavery. Following the abolition of slavery, freed . . . — — Map (db m209527) HM
Wilson Robinson, Sr., was a native of Archer, born on May 27, 1927. Mr. Robinson spent much of his life working to improve the community.
He was a founder of the Archer Community Progressive Organization and the Archer Day Care Center, and was . . . — — Map (db m209674) HM
Thomas Gilbert Pearson was an ornithologist, college professor, and world leader of the bird preservation movement. Pearson grew up in Archer, where he collected bird skins and eggs and taught himself ornithology to pay for his schooling at Guilford . . . — — Map (db m70637) HM
Friends of Libraries U.S.A. Literary Landmarks Register Cross Creek Beloved home of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings From 1928 to 1953 Designated by the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society and the Florida Center for the Book on the occasion . . . — — Map (db m185042) HM
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings described the nature and people of Cross Creek in vivid terms that have inspired artists and nature-lovers to cherish this place. One of Cross Creek's resident artists, Kate Barnes, attended a small neighborhood gathering . . . — — Map (db m187584) HM
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings House and Farmyard has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America 2006 National Park Service . . . — — Map (db m185040) HM
Earleton is named for General Elias B. Earle (1821-1893) who received government land grants in Florida for his service in the U.S./Mexican War (1846-48). Born into a prominent South Carolina family, Gen. Earle fought in the Palmetto Regiment, . . . — — Map (db m41263) HM
Evinston Community Store and Post Office
The Evinston community store, originally a warehouse, was built of heart pine in 1884 by W.P. Shettleworth. it was bought by Joseph Wolfenden, who first operated it as a store. The post office, . . . — — Map (db m54240) HM
The naval stores industry was important to maritime power worldwide. Pine tar and pitch were used to seal wooden ships and protect sails and rigging. When settlers came to America - in Florida (1565), in Virginia (1607) and in Massachusetts . . . — — Map (db m166815) HM
On November 23, 1909, the "Autoists" participating in "The Great Endurance Run" were treated to a gala banquet and overnight stay at "The White House Hotel" which was located at this exact site. This event ended the first day of driving for the . . . — — Map (db m68316) HM
Hacienda de la Chua
Organized cattle ranching at the prairie began here in the 1600s. You are standing at the site of the largest ranch in Spanish Florida, Hacienda de Ia Chua (right). Hacienda de la Chua was the main supplier of beef to St. . . . — — Map (db m126488) HM
The Center for African Studies was founded in 1964 to expand interdisciplinary instruction, research, and professional exchanges related to Africa. With strong support from UF and longterm U.S. Department of Education funding, it has grown from a . . . — — Map (db m135959) HM
Historic Alachua General Hospital (AGH) stood on this site for nearly 82 years. A county or community-supported venture for much of its history, the hospital served the needs of Alachua County citizens for generations as a respected health care . . . — — Map (db m93167) HM
The Alachua Sink, a named likely derived from the Potano word meaning “jug,” is the deepest of Paynes Prairie’s sinkholes and acts as a conduit for water entering the Floridan aquifer at a rate of up to 6 million gallons per day. . . . — — Map (db m126294) HM
The Alachua County Commission, by authority of the Florida Legislature, selected this site for a courthouse in 1854, moving the county seat from Newnansville. The first courthouse was a frame building completed in 1856. It was demolished on the . . . — — Map (db m54997) HM
The Boulware Springs Water Works Building is located directly adjacent to the brick reservoir for the springs, on a site of gently rolling to steep topography at the northern edge of Paynes Prairie.
Boulware Springs, free-flowing and . . . — — Map (db m70587) HM
Nathan Philemon Bryan was born in Ft. Mason, Florida, in 1872. In 1893 he earned a bachelor’s degree from Emory College, followed in 1895 by a law degree from Washington and Lee University. That year he opened a law practice in Jacksonville, . . . — — Map (db m128913) HM
The Freedom Tree
with the vision of universal freedom
for all mankind
this tree is dedicated to
Capt. Jack R. Harvey
and all
Prisoners of War
and
Missing In Action
1973 — — Map (db m150528) WM
Arguably the best wide receiver to ever come through the University of Florida, Alvarez was named an inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011, 40 years after he played his final game for the Gators. During his sophomore year, . . . — — Map (db m150611) HM
“Call together those who are studious
of all good things both human and divine”
The Bells of the
Century Tower Carillon
were cast in 1976 by Koninklijke Eijsbouts of Asten, the Netherlands, and were first rung . . . — — Map (db m151167) HM
In 1928, his first season at the helm for the Gators, Bachman led the team to an 8–1 record, best in school history at that time. He finished his fifth season in 1932 with a career record of 27- 18 -3. Bachman was also Head Coach at . . . — — Map (db m150589) HM
The Chestnut family in Gainesville has served the mortuary needs of the African American community in Alachua County since 1914. Charles S. Chestnut, Sr. was a founding member of the Florida Morticians Association in the early 1900s. The business . . . — — Map (db m110984) HM
The Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, consisting of more than 100,000 books written for children since the 17th century, is one of the largest collections of English language children’s books in the world. UF . . . — — Map (db m150868) HM
Designated the County Seat in 1854, and incorporated as a City in 1869, Gainesville takes its name from General Edmund Gaines, captor of Aaron Burr and commander of U.S. Army troops in Florida during the Second Seminole War. The town was the fourth . . . — — Map (db m58133) HM
(North face)
In Memory Of
The
Confederate
Dead
1861 1865.
(East face)
"They Fell For Us, and For Them
Should Fall
The Tears Of A Nation's Grief."
(West face)
They Counted The Cost
And In . . . — — Map (db m224351) WM
Dale Van Sickel was a swift and sure-handed receiver on offense and a gifted defensive player during the late 1920s. During his three seasons with the Gators, they won 23 of 29 games and he became Florida’s first All-America and first Hall of . . . — — Map (db m150581) HM
Perhaps the most decorated player in Florida’s football history, Wuerffel was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2013. He was Florida’s second Heisman Trophy winner in 1996 while quarterbacking the Gators to the consensus National . . . — — Map (db m150616) HM
Devil’s Millhopper
has been designated a
Registered Natural Landmark
This site possesses exceptional value
as an illustration of the Nation’s natural
heritage and contributes to a better
understanding of man’s environment
. . . — — Map (db m125200) HM
Doug Dickey grew up in Gainesville and played quarterback for the Gators from 1951-53. He began his coaching career at Tennessee, where he coached for six seasons. In 1970, Dickey became the Head Coach for his alma mater and led the Gators to a . . . — — Map (db m150608) HM
Founded as the Gainesville Academy before the Civil War and later renamed, the East Florida Seminary served Gainesville's need for higher education until the University of Florida was created by the Florida Legislature in 1905. The Seminary school . . . — — Map (db m58007) HM
Emerson Alumni Hall is made possible by William “Bill” and Jane Emerson, both of whom epitomize the Gator spirit. Their vision was that “Emerson Alumni Hall assist young people into the future and help many alumni find their way . . . — — Map (db m150548) HM
A unanimous first-team All-America selection, Smith finished seventh in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1989 and ninth in 1987. He was a three-time first-team All-SEC pick, the SEC Player of the Year in 1989 and the SEC Freshman of the year in 1987. . . . — — Map (db m150609) HM
Evergreen Cemetery, known locally as "This Wondrous Place," began with the burial of a baby girl in 1856. The infant, Elizabeth Thomas, was the daughter of wealthy cotton merchant James T. Thomas and his wife, Elizabeth Jane Hall Thomas. The baby . . . — — Map (db m93852) HM
First Gainesville Skirmish The first Civil War gunfire in Gainesville's streets came on February 15, 1864, when a raiding party of 50 men from the 40th Massachusetts Cavalry entered the City to attempt the capture of two trains. The raid was . . . — — Map (db m57122) HM
Known as the GI Bill, the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 provided funding for veterans to attend college. Thousands flocked to UF, many bringing spouses and children with them. By 1946, veterans made up nearly two-thirds of the student . . . — — Map (db m150566) HM
Head, Heart, Hands, and Health
Florida 4-H began as a program to teach farming methods to rural youth and became a community-based program that taught millions of young Floridians how to Learn By Doing. In 1909, UF Dean of Agriculture J.J. . . . — — Map (db m135971) HM
Since the early 1900s, the University of Florida has been sharing research discoveries and education programs with the people of Florida through its Extension Service. Faculty from the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station organized farmers' . . . — — Map (db m93830) HM
Florida Field
Department of Florida
Dedicated to those Floridians
who made
the Supreme Sacrifice
in the
World War
April 6, 1917 — November 11, 1918
The historical record of the names of these
Florida men is inscribed . . . — — Map (db m151487) WM
The Florida Museum traces its roots to the 1890s at Florida Agricultural College in Lake City. In 1906, the collections moved to the UF campus in Gainesville. On May 30, 1917, the Florida State Museum became the state's official natural history . . . — — Map (db m134906) HM
It’s August 13, 1539…
Hernando de Soto and his scouting party are passing through the Indian villages of Utinamocharra located just south of here –
My army of more than 700 men follow behind. We will march quickly through . . . — — Map (db m126581) HM
Near this site was located Fort Clarke, originally a U.S. Army post during the Seminole War, and afterwards a settlement. The name is preserved in nearby Fort Clarke Church. At this site crossed the early settlement and military road connecting the . . . — — Map (db m65191) HM
The City of Gainesville began construction of this airport in April of 1940 as a project of the depression era Works Progress Administration. With WWII looming, construction was taken over by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1941. Initial . . . — — Map (db m101411) HM
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In February 1903, women in Gainesville organized “The Twentieth Century Club of Gainesville Florida” for the purpose of “intellectual and social improvement.” The 45 charter members met every other Monday afternoon in members’ homes, and . . . — — Map (db m207578) HM
Located below is Gainesville’s only artesian spring. Tapped directly with a pipe in 1898, the springs provided the City’s only water source for many years.
In 1905, Gainesville’s plentiful water supply was used to entice the University of . . . — — Map (db m70590) HM
Gainesville's Railroads
The coming of the Florida Railroad opened up the interior of Florida for both settlement and trading and helped establish Gainesville. On February 1, 1859 the Florida Railroad entered town and connected Fernandina . . . — — Map (db m55038) HM
Gatorade, the sports drink that started an industry, was invented at the UF College of Medicine by a team of researchers led by Dr. Robert Cade. Gatorade was first field tested in a football scrimmage near this site and was first used in an October . . . — — Map (db m120371) HM
George T. Harrell, founding dean of UF's College of Medicine in 1956, was the first individual to organize and open two academic medical centers. A pioneering planner who spent his career working in new medical schools. Harrell's detailed plans . . . — — Map (db m135968) HM
Ben Hill Griffin, Jr. (1910-1990), legendary citrus pioneer, rancher, and Florida businessman, was born in Polk County and grew up in Frostproof, Florida. He studied agriculture at the University of Florida but withdrew in 1933 to take over a . . . — — Map (db m151060) HM
Linton Elias Grinter served as the Dean of the Graduate School and Director of Research from 1952 until 1969. He received his doctoral degree in civil engineering from the University of Illinois in 1926 and had a distinguished career as a . . . — — Map (db m151283) HM
When the College of Health Related Services opened in 1958, it was the first college of health professions located in an academic health center. Led by Dean Darrel Mase, the college joined the emerging professions of occupational therapy, physical . . . — — Map (db m135966) HM
One of the oldest houses in Alachua County, the Historic Haile Homestead was the home of Thomas Evans Haile, his wife Esther Serena Chesnut Haile and 14 of their children. The Hailes came here from Camden, South Carolina in 1854 to establish a . . . — — Map (db m70202) HM
(Front)
Hogtown Settlement
Near this site was located Hogtown, one of the earliest settlements in Alachua County. It was originally an Indian village which in 1824 had fourteen inhabitants. Hogtown settlement is also mentioned in . . . — — Map (db m150806) HM
In commemoration of the Bicentennial Year of the United States of America, this plaque is dedicated to the faculty and staff of the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences who since 1884 have served Florida and its . . . — — Map (db m135962) HM
The campaign to desegregate Florida's universities began in 1949 when six African Americans were denied admission to the University of Florida and the NAACP sued. Over the next nine years the case was heard in state and federal courts, including the . . . — — Map (db m200033) HM
In the 2008-2009 school year, UF Hillel set out on a mission to educate students at the University of Florida about a side of Israel rarely seen by creating a yearlong initiative to educate students about Israel’s contributions to the . . . — — Map (db m151486) HM
Regarded as the best defensive end in Gator history, Youngblood was named to the All-SEC Team for the decade of the 1970’s. He was a rugged competitor who went on to become an All-Pro star with the Los Angeles Rams after being a first-round draft . . . — — Map (db m150607) HM
1999 University of Florida graduate
and Navy Seal who gave his life to
save his fellow Seals during combat
Operation Red Wings in support of
Operation Enduring Freedom on
June 28, 2005 in Kunar Province Afghanistan.
This memorial is . . . — — Map (db m150456) WM
Raised on a farm called Shady Nook in Hartwell, Georgia, James W. Norman was urged by his father, William, to follow in his footsteps after graduating from high school. “A year between the plow handles never hurt anybody!” his father . . . — — Map (db m150925) HM
Jesse Johnson Finley was born in Wilson County, Tennessee, November 18, 1812 and educated in Lebanon, Tennessee. After service as a captain in the Seminole War of 1836, he studied law and was admitted to the bar. During a ten year period he served . . . — — Map (db m93855) HM
Mr. and Mrs. Pugh are recognized as shinning examples of philanthropy and community development throughout Central Florida. Jim Pugh earned his bachelor’s degree in building construction from the University of Florida in 1963. He then founded . . . — — Map (db m151195) HM
Dr. Tigert, the third president of the University of Florida, was a native of Nashville. He was Tennessee’s first Rhodes Scholar, graduating from Vanderbilt University, the institution founded by his grandfather. He was serving as U.S. . . . — — Map (db m150919) HM
Born in 1842 to slave parents in Winchester, Va., little is known of Josiah T. Walls' early life. After a short term of Confederate service, he enlisted in the Third Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops in 1863. Transferred to Picolata on the St. Johns . . . — — Map (db m55400) HM
In 1857, a group of Sea Island cotton planters from South Carolina who settled near here called an organizational meeting to establish Kanapaha Presbyterian Church. The Reverend William J. McCormick (1821-1883) was recruited from South Carolina to . . . — — Map (db m111045) HM
First known as Science Hall, this building opened in 1910. It housed classes in physics, chemistry, botany, horticulture, zoology, bacteriology and pharmacy. In 1955 the building was renamed Flint Hall in honor of Edward Rawson Flint. Dr. Flint . . . — — Map (db m151253) HM
In honor and remembrance of those who served and sacrificed, to promote freedom for all. They went to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met. Freedom is not free. — — Map (db m219666) WM
On July 29, 1971, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the Hare Krishna Movement, addressed students here and inspired them to start Krishna Lunch.
Since then, the Lunch has nourished the UF community with millions of vegetarian . . . — — Map (db m151251) HM
Established in 1930 as the institute of Inter-American Affairs, the UF Center for Latin American Studies is the nation’s oldest academic program dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the Americas. The Plaza of the Americas was dedicated at . . . — — Map (db m150874) HM
Chemistry classes first met in Thomas Hall and then in Keene/Flint Hall (Science Hall). With growing enrollment, more classroom and laboratory space was needed. Construction began in 1925 for a new building for chemistry and pharmacy. It opened . . . — — Map (db m151072) HM
The Spanish explorers brought cattle and horses to Florida when they visited in the 1500s. When the Spanish left, the cattle and horses stayed. Today's cracker cattle and horses are direct descendants of those animals. They are a link to all of the . . . — — Map (db m126399) HM
Lynching in America
Between 1882 and 1930, Florida had one of the highest per capita lynching rates in the United States, with Alachua County ranked near the top. After the Civil War, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution . . . — — Map (db m207585) HM
Lynching in America
After the Civil War, constitutional rights were granted to Black people ensuring equal protection and voting. Many white leaders responded to the emancipation of Black people by violently seeking to maintain racial, . . . — — Map (db m186407) HM
John Richardson "Johnny" Alison was born in Micanopy, Florida, on November 12, 1912. He was a highly decorated flying ace and served in both theaters of World War II. Johnny Alison graduated from Gainesville High School in 1931 and the University of . . . — — Map (db m101412) HM
Manning Julian Dauer, Jr., a native of Wilmington N.C., received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Florida and his doctorate from the University of Illinois. Dr. Dauer began teaching at the University of Florida in 1933 . . . — — Map (db m151298) HM
The eighth president of the University of Florida (1984-1989), Marshall M. Criser led the University to record levels of achievement , including public and private support, research activities and external support for research, and national . . . — — Map (db m151104) HM
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The Matheson homestead dates from 1857, when Alexander Matheson brought his family from Camden, South Carolina to establish a home on the Sweetwater Branch at the eastern edge of the new town of Gainesville. The present one and a . . . — — Map (db m97622) HM
A curriculum in the mechanic arts, as engineering was known, began at the Florida Agricultural College in Lake City in 1884 and stressed practical knowledge ("…a graduate’s value is not based on what he knows, but what he can do.") Later, a . . . — — Map (db m151488) HM
Military education, mandated by the Land-Grant Colleges Act of 1862, is rooted in UF’s earliest history. Drill and rifle instruction were part of every male student’s life. Officer training was offered as elective instruction in 1909. UF became . . . — — Map (db m150560) HM WM
Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church was founded on July 16, 1867, with the Reverend Isaac Davis serving as the first pastor. The Board of Trustees of the oldest black congregation in Gainesville purchased the lot on which the present church . . . — — Map (db m55606) HM
The congregation of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church first met on May 4, 1896. The church’s original members worshipped in the St. Paul CME Church, and together the congregations bought a parcel of land in 1900 to build a new church. Its construction . . . — — Map (db m110982) HM
The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery was established c. 1883 by the Mt. Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church as a final resting place for its members and other African Americans in the city of Gainesville. Founded in 1867, the church purchased the 5.38-acre . . . — — Map (db m166853) HM
Born in 1878 in Hull, Iowa, Dr. Wilmon Newell was influential in Florida agriculture from his arrival in this state. His bachelor’s, master’s and Doctor of Science degrees were all from Iowa State College, and in 1937 he received a second . . . — — Map (db m151097) HM
The Old Stage Road, one of Alachua County’s original highways, passed near here. Dating from the 1820s, it connected the county’s two major towns, Newnansville (once the county seat near present day Alachua) and Micanopy to the south. The road . . . — — Map (db m67689) HM
In 1912, the George Peabody Education Fund, a foundation that supported education in the South, granted $40,000 for the construction of a Teacher’s College building. Peabody Hall was completed the following year and the College of Education . . . — — Map (db m150875) HM
A native of Gainesville and University of Florida Alumnus [B.S.B.A., 1942], Ralph D. Turlington represented Alachua County in the Florida House of Representatives for 24 years [1950-74], serving as Speaker of the House 1967-68. Appointed . . . — — Map (db m151249) HM
Ray Graves served as the Gators’ Head Coach from 1960-69. During that time frame, he compiled a 70-31-4, then the standard for most wins (70) in school history for a head coach. Graves led Florida to winning records in nine of his 10 seasons at . . . — — Map (db m150596) HM
Born on November 2, 1887, Robert Crozier Williamson earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1923 with a thesis titled “The Ionization of Potassium Vapor by Light.” He served as chair of the Physics Department at the . . . — — Map (db m151075) HM
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